Air Products

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Wales; North Wales; Flintshire and Wrexham
Location of affected unit(s)
Wrexham
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
New offshoring locations
China
200 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
30 June 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Air Products, a US-owned supplier of gas for industrial purposes, has announced plans to close its plant in Wales, resulting in the loss of 200 jobs. The company is moving gas production operations to China and the restructuring was blamed on increasing costs and the shifting of demand to Asia.

Sources

  • 30 June 2009: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Air Products, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69208, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69208.